1 Kings 19:4 meaning and explanation
while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
1 Kings 19:4, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Elijah has just won the contest on Mount Carmel, but Jezebel's threat sends him fleeing south past Beersheba into the wilderness. There the prophet who called down fire sits alone under a broom tree, a desert shrub offering only sparse shade, and asks God to take his life.
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